“The first is the government level. It is now deadlocked. The second is society and NGOs – a very active and rich level. Hrant Dink’s assassination gave it a start,” he said.

The Armenian Cause is “a golden mean” in Turkey.

“It is because more liberal and left-wing forces are not discussing it as actively as before. It is not too interesting a topic for nationalist forces either.”

Asked about any threat to Turkish-Armenian MP Garo Paylan, who keeps on raising the Armenian Genocide problem at the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, Mr Bayramoğlu said:

“I cannot say he is in great danger. Of course, God forbid that something like this should happen to him. But the most dangerous thing is that his using the term ‘genocide’ made three parliamentary forces to unite. This is a tragic situation.”